- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1988.445
- People
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Al Hirschfeld, American (St. Louis, MO 1903 - 2003 New York, NY)
- Title
- The American Ballet Theatre
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1980
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/309791
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Black ink on white illustration board
- Dimensions
- actual: 53.4 x 68.8 cm (21 x 27 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: black ink, l.r.: HIRSCHFELD5
- inscription: verso, black ink: L. TO R. ALEXANDER GODUNOV, MARTINE VAN HAMEL, ANTHONY DOWELL, / NATALIA MAKAROVA, FERNANDO BUJONES AND CYNTHIA GREGORY. / 4/1980
- Provenance
- Al Hirschfeld, New York, New York; through [Margo Feiden Galleries, New York, New York], sold; to [Seiden and de Cuevas Inc.],1980, sold; to Harvard Theatre Collection, Cambridge Massachusetts, transfer; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1988.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Collection
- Accession Year
- 1988
- Object Number
- 1988.445
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Commentary
- This drawing ran on the first page of the New York Times' Arts and Leisure section, May 4, 1980.
- Publication History
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Frederic Woodbridge Wilson, A Love Affair with Line: Drawings by Al Hirschfeld, brochure, The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, NY, 2002), cat. no. 23
- Exhibition History
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Artists in Line: An Al Hirschfeld Retrospective, Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, 03/16/1990 - 05/20/1990
A Love Affair with Line: Drawings by Al Hirschfeld, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 06/06/2002 - 09/08/2002
The Hirschfeld Century: An Al Hirschfeld Retrospective, New York Historical Society, New York, 05/22/2015 - 10/12/2015
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